Wii U's price will be a lose-lose for Nintendo no matter what.

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ishiki said:

UltimateUnknown said:
Yea but Nintendo aren't competing against PS3/360, they are competing with the PS4/720.

As much as Nintendo like to say they don't care what the competitors do, Nintendo really need to market this thing as something that is beyond what is currently available on the market, not just something that is on par with whats on the market. If they don't do this they run the risk of the Wii U simply becoming the Wii HD, which at this point just won't cut it as both the PS3/360 with Move/Kinect can fill in for that role for a lower price (even lower by the time Wii U comes out).

it is sort of is initially, the dreamcast wasn't really doing well against the ps1, and completely failed when the ps2.

But I agree with what you said otherwise.

Oh my God! Could the Wii U be fated like the Dreamcast? I certainly hope not, but the industry is so wierd now. This is kind of reminiscent of my concerns when Microsoft came out with the Xbox. Gamecube and Xbox did not do that well last gen, PS2 obviously won out huge, I'm not sure if some of that was a result of the Xbox introduction. Maybe Xbox ate into Gamecube sales? Maybe Xbox launch bolstered people up to PS2? I can't really say, but it would have been different if Nintendo and Sony were the only console developers that gen. Anyway, Nintendo came back in a big way by creating a casual market but what if that market doesn't react like the core does, because essentially the console strategy is effective among the core market. Releasing consoles every ~5 years has been effective for quite some time. The casual market though? Maybe they are more attuned to every year, like we see with Apple's iPhone. If you lose the attention you can't just gain it back 5 years down the road can you? Will the masses that bought the Wii put down their iPhones and pick up a Wii U? Will core gamers flock to the Wii U? It will be interesting to see what Nintendo pulls off during its head start because this is a scary time.